Bilenke, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Bilenke
Біленьке | |
|---|---|
Bilenke Location of Bilenke in Ukraine Bilenke Location of Bilenke in Zaporizhzhia Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 47°37′26″N 35°02′46″E / 47.62389°N 35.04611°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Raion | Zaporizhzhia Raion |
| Hromada | Bilenke rural hromada |
| Founded | 1770 |
| Area | |
• Total | 81.74 km2 (31.56 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 4,976 |
| • Density | 60.88/km2 (157.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 70441 |
| Area code | +380 612 |
| Climate | Dfa |
| Website | http://rada.gov.ua/ |
Bilenke (Ukrainian: Біленьке; Russian: Беленькое, romanized: Belenkoye) is a village (a selo) in the Zaporizhzhia Raion (district) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its population was 4,976 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] Bilenke was the administrative center of the Bilenke Rural Council, a local government area[2] before its abolishment in 2020.
Penal colony No.99 is located in Bilenke. On 28 July 2025 it was bombed by Russian army, 16 people died and more than 50 were injured.[3][4]
See also
References
- ^ "Bilenke (Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Bilenke, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ^ "Ukraine reports 25 killed as Russia hits prison and hospital". BBC. 29 July 2025.
- ^ "17 загиблих і 80 поранених від удару Росії в Запоріжжі. Біля Дніпра пошкодило пологовий, загинула вагітна". BBC. 29 July 2025. Archived from the original on 6 August 2025.